Monday, 12 July 2010

busy, busy, busy........

Did your weekend whiz by? Ours seemed to whiz past before we knew it and Monday/lundi is upon us again.

It was very hot here and hopefully a storm will arrive later today, to cool things down a bit.

As you can see from the above picture the kitchen is progressing and we have the splasback above the stove to go and then a few finishing touches such as hooks under shelves etc. I always find that the bigger pieces of work are easier than the finishing details as I can spend hours sourcing particular items - maybe this is just me.

Yesterday was spent painting an old antique iron bed which I am planning on putting in one of the apartments at Maison No. 20.

I have painted it in my latest favourite Farrow and Ball colour "Charleston Gray" and it is looking fabulous. Once it is finished I will show you a photo......

Also on my painting list is a couple of antique bedside tables which I picked up for the princely sum of 10 euros - merci beaucoup Martine! and will be using these in our bedroom.

So that is pretty much our weekend, how was yours? I am now off to start the ironing/repassage before it gets too hot!

Leeann..I enjoy hearing and watching your progress. I saw an old antique iron bed in a garden display at Hampton Court Palace recently. Most of the objects were rusted but beautiful all the same. I kept thinking about what a lick of paint would do for them but some things look better in their natural state...in this case they did for sure.

My weekend...in a bathing suit and a sarong all weekend and I live in Surrey. Four years in Auckland and I did not do that once. It brought back memories of a typical summer weekend in Sydney.

Cool weather is blowing in..I guess this is typical English weather..blast!

Of course your weekend flew by - look how much you accomplished!!! I hope you took the time to enjoy yourself as well, and I look forward to seeing photos of things as you finish them~Have a lovely week my friend,xx